VERONICA ESCOBAR El Paso County Judge July 6, 2015 Honorable Norman Bay Commissioner, Chairman Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 888 First St., N.E. Washington, DC, 20426 Dear Chairman Bay, I write to share my concerns over the lack of information provided to local governments and the need to conduct environmental and cultural impact studies in regards to the proposed Comanche Trail Pipeline (CTF), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Docket CP15-503. The CTF is presumed to be the companion project to the proposed Trans-Pecos Pipeline, FERC Docket CP 15-500, both projects of Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. The two pipelines are part of the same larger system, the combination of which is destined to carry as much as 3Bscf/d of natural gas to the same customer, in the Republic of Mexico, Comisión Federal de Electricidad (“CFE”). The proposed pipeline route passes within 500-feet of residential and commercial property in the City of San Elizario, TX, which lies within El Paso County. The 42” high-pressure natural gas transmission system, it appears, has been granted an operating permit by the Texas Railroad Commission, with the requested classification as an intrastate system, operating as a natural gas utility. Analysis of the permit application, in combination with CP15-500, the proposed Trans-Pecos Pipeline, suggests that the applicant is attempting to segment the larger project into two smaller jurisdictional segments, while discounting the impacts of the larger project as a whole. While it does not seem that the Comanche Trail Pipeline serves no intrastate customers, classifying it as such provides the ability to avoid stricter federal regulation such as notifying local governments of the projects, properly notifying local/nearby constituencies and undergoing necessary environmental and cultural impact studies. San Elizario and its surrounding areas, to include the federally recognized U.S. American Indian tribe of the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo, are part of the rich history that make up our desert southwest. It would be an injustice not to evaluate the impacts such a pipeline would have to our community, its environment and cultural significance. I therefore respectfully urge you to carefully review the proposed Comanche Trail Pipeline project and its companion project the Trans-Pecos Pipeline, to determine which Federal requirements may apply to the entire length of the pipeline, including environmental and cultural impact studies with the possibility that a finding is rendered that the FERC, and Federal government should in fact have regulatory jurisdiction over the entirety of the proposed project. Sincerely, Veronica Escobar El Paso County Judge 500 E. San Antonio, Suite 301, El Paso, TX 79901 Phone: 915-546-2098 · Fax: 915-543-3888 · countyjudge@epcounty.com · www.epcounty.com